Weather strip for windows



June 16, 1925. 1,541,873

H. A. TAYLOR WEATHER STRIP FOR WINDOWS Filed June 21. 1922 Patented June 16, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

HENRY A. TAYLOR, OF MORRIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNO'R F. ONE-HALF. TO WILLIAM E.

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Application filed June 21, 1922. Serial No. 570,026.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. T n non, a citizen of the United States, residing at- Morris, in the county of Grundy and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Weather Strips for Windows, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawin s, forming a part of this specification.

y invention relates to building structures and more particularly to improved means for rendering houses and similar structures warm and comfortable.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an improved set of weather strips for sealing the cracks around windows and doors, whether the parts have relative movement by sliding on each other,'or move into and out of contact.

Another object is toavoid any grooving or other tooling of any part.

Another object is to provide a weather strip having no relative movement with respect to the support at the point of attachment, so that it will'not tend to work loose or pull out its fastening member.

- Further objects and advantages of' the invention will become apparent as the descriptionproceeds.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 1s a perspective view of a window, to which one embodiment of my invention has been the side strips;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of part of a strip of different construction;

Fig. 5 is a similar view of a still different strip, and I ig. 6 is a section of a part of a casement window.

In the embodiment of my invention selected for illustration, the side strip comprises a flat portion suitably adapted, as by means of nail holes 12, for attachment to a structural element, a spring plate portion 14, bent to a slight angle with the plane of part 10, and sealing portions 16 and 18 bent to form a projecting ridge 20. Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be apparent that part 10 may be attached'by suitable fasteners 22 to either the fixed or movable structure in this instance to the window casing 24. The

spring plate portion 14 operates to resiliently hold the contact ridge 20 in light but firm .contact with the sash frame 26 at all times, providing-a tight seal against leakage of air around the sash fi-aine.

At the upper end of the side strip where it overlies the sash cord pulley there is an aperture 28 to accommodate the pulley. To avoid un-tieing the knot at the end of the sash cord, the strip is preferably slitted at 30 so that the parts can be sprung aside to let the sash cord enter.

Fig. 2 illustrates an ordinary window casing accommodating two window sashes 26 spaced by the spacer guide 32 and held in place by the outer member 34 and an inner member 36.

At the bottom and top of the window casing, and wherever the movable arts move towardand away from each ot er, or are guided in their relative movement with considerable precision, I prefer to employ somewhat more rigid strips. Referring to Fig. 4, the flat portion 38 corresponds with portion 10 of the side strip, but the contact ridge is at 40, spaced from part 38 by a relatively narrow spring plate portion 42, which plate ortion is further reinforced by a wider spring plate portion 44 carrying an offset foot portion 46, adapted to lie flat against the same supporting surface as part 38. Part 46 is not fastened to the supporting member, so that ridge 40 may yield under force sufficient to produce fiexure of plate portions 42 and 44 only. The stripillustrated in Fig. 5 differs from that in Fig. 4 only in being much stifier, spring plate portion 48 being of only slightly greater width than splring plate portion 42.

The stiffer strips s own in Figs. 4 and 5 are preferably employed not only at the top and bottom of a window casing, where the parts move toward and away from each other, but wherever a pivoted part is guided on fairly accurate pintles. Referring to Fig. 6, I' have illustrated the joint for a casement window in which I employ two of the strips illustrated inFig. 5.

Without further elaboration, the fore 0- ing will so fully explain the gist of the invention, that others may, by applying cursential items of novelty involved, which items are intended to be defined and secured to me by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A weather strip comprising a body portion apertured to fit over a sash pulley, the portion extending along one side of said aperture being cut through for letting the sash cord in laterally when installing the strip.

2. A weather strip comprising a body portion apertured to fit over a sash pulley. the portion extending along one side of said aperture being cut through for letting the sash cord in laterally when installing the strip, the cut portion lying flat against the side of the casing and being apertured close to the cut for receiving fastening means.

3. A weather strip comprising a body portion apertured to fit over a sash pulley, the portion extending along one side of said aperture being cut through for letting the sash cord in laterally when installing the strip, said strip being bent to form a sashengaging ridge at one side extending continuously past the sash pulley aperture.

in Witness whereof. I hereunto subscribe my name this 10th day of June, 1922.

HENRY A. m ntion. 

